OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of the substitution of a rich diet in saturated fats with a rich diet in monounsaturated fats on anthropometric, metabolic and lipid profile in postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective, longitudinal and comparative study where 18 postmenopausal women participated in two periods of dietary intervention of 28 days each one: 1) (SAT diet) consumed ...

Response to Simvastatin Therapy in Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) To the Editor: Ballantyne et al1 compared the coronary heart disease (CHD) event rate and the response to simvastatin therapy in a subgroup of approximately 500 individuals from the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) study with “isolated increased LDL-C” with a similarly-sized subgroup that had not only an...

OBJECTIVE Given the discrepant findings of progressive resistance training (PRT) on lipids and lipoproteins in adults, we used the meta-analytic approach to examine this issue. METHODS Randomized controlled trials > or =4 weeks dealing with the effects of PRT on lipids and lipoproteins in adult humans > or =18 years of age and published between January 1, 1955 and July 12, 2007 were included....

ABSTRACT Background Dyslipidemia is associated with kidney function decline (KFD), although the non-linear relationship of lipid parameters to KFD has not been fully elucidated. We aimed determine detailed baseline KFD, considering mediation arterial stiffness. Methods A total 27 864 urban residents estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥60 mL/min/1.73 m2 at baseline, who participated in ...

BACKGROUND/AIM Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are markedly increased in chronic renal failure (CRF). The aim of this study was to evaluate lipid parameters and bioindices in patients with different stages of CRF. METHODS In 46 hemodialysed (HD), 50 CRF patients with II, III and IV stage of CRF (non-HD) and 48 control subjects triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (C), HDL-C, urea, cre...

Many studies have suggested that a significant risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Therefore, increasing HDL-C with therapeutic agents has been considered an attractive strategy. In the prestatin era, fibrates and niacin monotherapy, which cause modest increases in HDL-C, reduced ASCVD events. Since their introducti...

BACKGROUND It is indicated that non-HDL cholesterol and lipid ratios, including total/HDL cholesterol and LDL/HDL cholesterol ratios, are risk indicators with greater predictive value for coronary atherosclerotic progression or regression compared with conventional lipid profile. However, there have been few reports about the correlation between serum lipid profile with carotid intima-media thi...

Clinical studies indicate that levels of apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I), the major protein moiety of the high density lipoprotein (HDL) particle, may provide more information concerning the risk of future cardiovascular disease than do levels of HDL cholesterol (HDL-C). Therefore, the relationship of HDL-C to apo A-I levels was examined in a biracial sample of 2849 5- to 17-year-olds. The mean HD...

Clinical studies Indicate that levels of apolipoprotein A-l (apo A-l), the major protein moiety of the high density lipoprotein (HDL) particle, may provide more Information concerning the risk of future cardiovascular disease than do levels of HDL cholesterol (HDL-C). Therefore, the relationship of HDL-C to apo A-l levels was examined In a blraclal sample of 2849 5to 17-year-olds. The mean HDL-...

This study intended to determine the impact of HDL-c and/or TGs levels on patients with average LDL-c concentration, focusing on lipidic, oxidative, inflammatory, and angiogenic profiles. Patients with cardiovascular risk factors (n = 169) were divided into 4 subgroups, combining normal and low HDL-c with normal and high TGs patients. The following data was analyzed: BP, BMI, waist circumferenc...